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Hamilton clarifies comments over Stevenage ‘slums'

Lewis Hamilton has said he made 'a mistake' to refer to his home town, Stevenage, as the 'slums'. Hamilton made the comment at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards on Sunday, where he finished runner-up in the main prize behind Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas. The five-time World Champion immediately corrected himself, but that still wasn't enough to stop people getting riled up. 'It really was a dream for us all as a family to do something different,' Hamilton said on stage, discussing his rise to the top. 'For us to get out of the slums. 'Well, not the slums, but to get out of somewhere and do something. We all set our goals very, very high but we did it as a team.' The...
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